Daily Archives: 13 May, 2015

Most employers demand 2.1 degree of applicants – survey

13 May, 2015
steve
degree classification, DES, graduate employment, HEA, QQI
Life

Edinburgh students stage sit-in after fossil fuels decision

European Commission unveils long-awaited science advice plans

UK ‘biggest online university course’

Challenging times

SIPTU strikers call on UCC President to intervene in Tyndall National Institute dispute

Speech by Mike Jennings, General Secretary, IFUT

Casualisation: a disease that must be eradicated

Ireland places 15 out of 76 in maths and science ability

Graduate recruits weak in foreign language skills

13 May, 2015
steve
graduate employment, HEA, languages, Solas
Life

Innovative Culture in Ireland’s Higher Education Institutions: An Assessment

Apocalypse now?

What we learned from occupying our university

All Hallows’ students shocked as school to shut a year early

Apartment block near UL for €1.7m

Department of Justice plans reforms to weed out ‘rogue’ language schools

Coursework and assessing students

13 May, 2015
steve
leaving cert applied, project work, schools, SEC
Teaching

Top posts – last 7 days

Students warned of ‘serious consequences’ for use of artificial intelligence in essays "College have warned students against the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in assessments, highlighting that their use constitutes a breach of academic integrity with ...
PhD Researchers Should Be Recognised as Staff "For almost a year, people in Ireland have been told they are in a cost-of-living crisis. You could say that PhD researchers have faced a ...
New veterinary school "Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide for a veterinary school to be located in the ...
Almost two-thirds of international students exposed to verbal or physical abuse, study finds "Almost two-thirds of international students in Ireland have experienced or witnessed racism such as verbal or physical abuse on the street, according to a new ...
Minister Harris approves funding for the purchase of the Waterford Crystal site for South East Technological University "Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has today confirmed approval has been given to the South East Technological University ...
Student Groups Protest IUA Event Featuring Paschal Donohoe "Students from People Before Profit (PBP) TCD, Students4Change and Time To Act TCD gathered on the first floor of the Business Building this afternoon to ...
University of Limerick students to pay student centre levy until 2040 "Costs for the new student centre at the University of Limerick (UL) will continue to be incurred by students until 2040. The building of a ...
Student Accommodation "Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of beds that are available in purpose-built ...
NI universities: Applicant numbers ‘likely to rise by 20% by 2030’ "There is likely to be a 20% rise in the number of school leavers from Northern Ireland seeking a university place by the end of ...
Student Accommodation "Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein): To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his strategy for addressing student accommodation ahead of ...
As educators, we must step up our game in the face of ChatGPT "Three University of Galway academics explore how Artificial Intelligence is sweeping academia and ask what should be done. Who'd have thought that news headlines this ...
PhD researchers call for recognition as ‘workers’ "Several hundred PhD researchers gathered outside Leinster House this morning to urge the Government to live up to a promise it made to address what ...